Frame text

To create frame text:

With the Frame Text Tool selected:

1. Drag on the page. This sets the initial size of the text frame.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Type your text.
   • Paste (+V) previously copied text.
   • From the File menu, select Place. In the pop-up dialog, navigate to and select a file, and click Open.

With the frame text selected:

• Select Layer>Convert to Art Text.

The artistic text may flow differently than the original frame text due to inherent differences between the two object types. Formatting applied to text ranges, such as horizontal alignment, is retained after conversion but may not be discernible in your design, e.g. an artistic text object is only as wide as its longest line of text.

With the text frame selected, do one of the following:

• To resize height and width simultaneously, drag the object's corner handles.

• To resize height and width independently, drag the object's side handles.

  

• With the text frame selected, drag the object's scale handle (extends from the bottom-right corner of the selection). Any containing frame text will be resized in proportion to the new text frame dimensions.

  

• Double-click the blue scale handle.

The text frame will still retain its resized dimensions.

• Double-click the edge handle at the bottom centre of the text frame. If extra space exists between the last line of text and the frame's bottom edge, the space will be removed.

• From the Text menu, select an option from the Vertical Alignment submenu.

• With the text frame selected, from the Text select Insert Filler Text.